Dr. Susan Albers: 10 Psychological Tricks for Eating Girl Scout Cookies Mindfully

It's that time of year again for some of the best cookies on earth. How can you resist buying a box (or five) from your favorite schoolgirl? Let's face it. Those little cookies are hard to eat mindfully.

How to quickly and easily make any task seem easier:

Lean back instead of leaning forward. People who leaned back so that their eyes were an average of 38.8 inches from a computer screen found the task of pronouncing meaningless strings of letters easier than people who leaned forward to 12.5 inches , say Manoj Thomas of Cornell and Claire I. Tsai of the University of Toronto.

PROFILES: Randolph native conjures up student programs, charitable assistance

Lori Cohen, who grew up in Randolph, is a magician in the Canton community. Not the abracadabra, black cap and magic wand kind - but equally amazing, and her tricks have a longer-lasting effect. Cohen, 54, has run a language program for elementary-aged children with learning disabilities, evaluates high school students’ achievement levels and operates a gift store that donates to charities.

Derren who? Doug Segal messing with minds in Norfolk

Doug Segal knows what you’re thinking and what’s more he’s about to prove it. The mentalist magic man is heading to Norwich for a show guaranteed to blow your mind. STACIA BRIGGS spoke to the man who loves messing with your head.

Study: We Love Facebook Because It Tricks Us Into Thinking We're Doing Something Important [Science]

# science When you're perusing your Facebook account, your brain might be fooling you into thinking you're doing something incredibly creative and productive that will improve your life. If only that were true! More »